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The Difficult Search for American Products in the US

If you go to another country， what kinds of things would you buy？ Would you buy a camera in Japan， some beautiful clothes in France，（1） 　　a watch in Switzerland？ No（2） 　　what you may buy，you might think those products were made in those countries．（3） 　　， you could be wrong． Kang Jian is a 17﹣year﹣old student from Shanghai． Last year he went to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco． He found it （4） 　　that so many products in the localshops were made in China．"I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin， but even （5） 　　most of the toys were American brands， they were made in China．"

Toys are not the only things made in China． "I wanted to buy a pair of basketball shoes，" he explains． ^"But I had to visit five or six stores before（6） 　　a pair made in America!" He realized that Americans can（7） 　　avoid buying products made in China． "In fact，" he continues，"there （8） 　　many other things there made in China﹣footballs，handbags， pet food，mobile phones． Even American （9） 　　are made in China!" Kang Jian thinks it′s great that China is so good at making these everyday things． However， he hopes that in the future China will also get （10） 　　at making high﹣technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world．